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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5849 - AN
ACT GRANTING ABOITIZ AND COMPANY A TEMPORARY PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT,
OPERATE AND MAINTAIN PRIVATE FIXED POINT-TO-POINT, COASTAL,
AERONAUTICAL, LAND-BASED AND LAND-MOBILE RADIO STATIONS FOR THE
RECEPTION AND TRANSMISSION OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS WITHIN THE
PHILIPPINES Section 1. There is hereby granted to Aboitiz and Company, hereinafter referred to as the grantee, a permit to construct, operate and maintain in the Philippines at such places as the grantee may select, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Public Works and Communications, private fixed point-to-point, coastal, aeronautical, land-based and land-mobile radio stations for the reception and transmission of wireless messages by radiotelegraph or radiotelephone each station to be provided with a radio transmitting apparatus and a radio receiving apparatus. Sec. 2. This permit shall continue to be in force during the time that the Government has not established similar service at the places selected by the grantee, but not exceeding twenty-five years and is granted upon the express condition that the same shall be void unless the construction or installation of said stations be begun within one year from the date of approval of this Act and be completed within two years from said date. Sec. 3. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall not engage in domestic business of telecommunications in the Philippines without further special assent of the Congress of the Philippines, it being understood that the purpose of this permit is to secure to the grantee the right to construct, maintain and operate private fixed point-to-point, coastal, aeronautical, land-based and land mobile radio stations at such places within the Philippines as the interest of the grantee may justify. Sec. 4. No fees shall be charged by the grantee as the radio stations that may established by virtue of this Act shall engage in communications regarding the grantee's business only. Sec. 5. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall so construct and operate its radio stations as not to interfere with the operation of other radio stations maintained and operated in the Philippines. Sec. 6. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall hold the national, provincial, city and municipal governments of the Philippines harmless from all claims, accounts, demands or actions arising out of accidents or injuries, whether to property or to persons, caused by the construction or operation of its radio stations. Sec. 7. The grantee, its successors or assigns, shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines now existing or hereafter enacted. Sec. 8. The grantee, its successors or assigns, is authorized to operate its private fixed point-to-point, coastal, aeronautical, land-based and land-mobile radio stations in the medium frequency, high frequency, and very high frequency that may be assigned to it by the Secretary of Public Works and Communications. Sec. 9. The grantee shall not lease, transfer,
grant the usufruct of, sell or assign this permit, nor the rights or
privileges acquired thereunder to any person, firm, company,
corporation or other commercial or legal entity organized for the same
purpose, without the approval of the Congress of the Philippines first
had. Any corporation to which this permit may be sold, transferred, or
assigned shall be subject to the corporation laws of the Philippines
now existing or hereafter enacted, and any person, firm, company,
corporation or other commercial or legal entity to which this temporary
permit is sold, transferred, or assigned shall be subject to the
conditions, terms, restrictions and limitations of this permit as fully
and completely and to the same extent as if the permit had been
originally granted to the said person, firm, company, corporation or
other commercial or legal entity. Enacted without Executive
approval, June 21, 1969. |
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